Isaiah 3:18

In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The prophet delivers a divine oracle against the daughters of Zion and their leaders during a future day of judgment.

The words — The verb יָסִיר (ya.Sir) translates literally as "he will remove," and the noun תִּפְאֶ֧רֶת (tif.'E.ret) means "splendor" or "finery," which the text explicitly identifies as the adornments being stripped away.

The thread — This stripping of status symbols aligns with the removal of crescent ornaments and gold earrings described in Judges 8:26.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment directly targets human pride and self-adornment, leaving the people to face the consequences stripped of their status symbols.

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The Hebrew words

בַּיּ֨וֹםba/i.Yomin the/ day הַה֜וּאha./Hu'<the>/ that יָסִ֣ירya.Sirhe will remove אֲדֹנָ֗י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>תִּפְאֶ֧רֶתtif.'E.ret[the] splendor of הָעֲכָסִ֛יםha./'a.kha.Simthe/ anklets וְהַשְּׁבִיסִ֖יםve./ha./she.vi.Simand/ the/ amulets וְהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִֽים׃ve./ha./sa.ha.ro.Nimand/ the/ ornaments

King James Version

In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,

Cross-references

Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
Judges 8:26 The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.